
QA/Test Engineer

Brisbane, QLD
Are you someone with experience in creating automated frameworks, processes and procedures in a fast-moving startup? If so, you are in the right place! Explorate is looking to evolve our testing processes, with a particular focus on automation in both our front end and back end code. We are a fast-growing start-up on the hunt for a QA/Test Engineer to join the team.
This role is based in our Brisbane office and reports to the CTO.
- A team player possessing strong analytical as well as technical skills
- Comfortable dealing with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Be comfortable working in an agile environment
- Have the ability to “take the wheel” when necessary
- Keen understanding about security issues in Internet software design and development
- Experience setting and driving adoption of test writing goals & procedures for developers
Skills/Qualifications:
- Three or more years of experience as a QA/test engineer for API-driven web applications
- Extensive experience with writing and automating tests in JavaScript/node.js
- Experience setting and driving adoption of test writing goals & procedures for developers
- Familiarity with testing methodologies for front-end and back-end testing
- Test pipeline automation and CI/CD experience, with AWS and Git
- Experience writing test cases in JavaScript, SQL, Python, bash, etc
- Comfortable converting user stories & acceptance into tests
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Even Better:
- Experience with the Jest testing framework, or other JavaScript testing frameworks
- Experience with testing Vue.js, or other frontend frameworks like React, Angular, etc
- Linux system administration experience, particularly in AWS environments
- DevOps and site reliability engineering experience in AWS
- Experience with Internet software security testing, penetration testing, etc
- Comfortable dealing with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
- Experience with other processes & frameworks for quality assurance, BDD, TDD, etc.
The Position:
- Take ownership of & evolve our QA processes to optimise for reliability
- Write unit tests/integration tests/end-to-end tests and build automation and reporting
- Create test writing framework and guidelines for our development team
- Liaising with developers to encourage and ensure adoption of testing integration
- Reporting on testing coverage, test run results, and overall QA health metrics
Interested in joining our team as a QA/Test Engineer?
Reach out to our Chief Technology Officer, David Harrison
